OBITUARIES
Cleveland and Athens, TN Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Cleveland and Athens, TN along with the entire East Tennessee area
Pauline Kelso
Mar 20, 2015
Pauline Kelso of Sweetwater, TN passed away on Friday, March 20, 2015 at the Sweetwater Nursing Home, Sweetwater, Tennessee. She was 95 years old. Preceded in death by: parents Sam and Julia Kelso; daughter Maxine Pierce McDermott; son John Pierce, son-in-law Hubert McCowan, and granddaughter Bridgette Pierce. Survivors include: daughter Julia Ann McCowan; son Alex Pierce, Jr. and daughter-in-law...
Elizabeth Ann Dotson Swann
Mar 10, 2015
Elizabeth Ann Dotson Swann age 75 of Knoxville, Tn. died Tuesday March 10, 2015 in a local hospital. She was a graduate of Austin High School class of 1958 and attended Knoxville College. The daughter of the late Lincoln and Elizabeth Dotson, and is also preceded in death by her brother Albert Lincoln Dotson. Survivors include her husband, Wallace...
Alice Butler
Feb 13, 2015
Alice D. Butler age 78, the daughter of the late Charles A. and Willie M. McDermott was born on July 5, 1936 in Etowah, Tn. and departed this earthly life on Friday, February 13, 2015 at Aiken Regional Medical Center, Aiken South Carolina after a lengthy illness. Allice attended Dunbar High School in Chicago, IL and graduated from Austin...
Walter Nash
Feb 6, 2015
Walter R. Nash age 75 of Athens, Tn. passed away February 6, 2015 at a Sweetwater health care facility. He was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church of Athens, Tn. Walter was born in Newark, New Jersey and move to Athens, Tn., in later years to be with his uncle, Mr. W.E. Nash and his sister Mrs....
John Lindsey
Jan 25, 2015
John “Daddy John” Wiley Lindsey age 87 was born on December 25, 1927 in Acworth, GA. He went home to be with the Lord on January 25, 2015 in a local hospital. He is also preceded in death by his parents, the late Essie and Jesse Lindsey; son, Ronald Lindsey Sr.; son-in-law, Rickey Horton Sr.; son-in-law, Mark McCoy and...
Christopher Robb
Jan 6, 2015
Christopher Deandre Robb (Paddle Foot) age 24 died Tuesday January 6, 2014 in a Sweetwater, Tn. hospital. He was a member for years of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Athens, Tn. He loved to work on race cars, motorcycles and spending quality time with his family. He was the grandson of the late Dorothy Lee Bell and Robert Arnwine....
Robert Ware
Dec 24, 2014
Robert Louis Ware age 61 went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, December 24, 2014.He was a member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church Calhoun Tn., where he was in the men’s group. He served his country in the United States Army for 15 years as a staff Sargent. He was employed for over 11 years at First Baptist...
Ona Darlene Simpson
Dec 20, 2014
Ona Darlene Simpson age 66 of Etowah, Tn. died Saturday December 20, 2014 in a local Athens health care facility. She was a member of Church of The Rock where she was one of the praise and worship leaders. She added her lovely voice to singing and praising the Lord there. She is preceded in death by her brother...
Calvin Felton
Dec 13, 2014
Calvin Terrance Felton, 56, journey of life peacefully ended on Saturday, December 13, 2014, in Newman, Georgia. He was a resident of Athens, Tennessee for years. He was a 1976 graduate of John Yeates High School and also a 1981 graduate of Hampton University with a major in Biology. Having a true love for sports, he played football in...
Rosia Lee Upton
Dec 7, 2014
Rosia Lee Arnold Upton age 82 lovingly known as “Granny” to many ,of Red Oak Texas formerly of Charleston, Tn walked into eternal glory with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, December 7, 2014. She was retired from Allied Signal formerly known as Bendix. She was known in the community as the Pie Lady and Demo lady...
Mildred Louise Bradford
Dec 6, 2014
Mildred Louise Woods Bradford age 72 passed Saturday December 6, 2014 in a local Cleveland, Tn. hospital. She professed her hope in Christ at an early age and joined St. Elmo Methodist Church in Georgetown, Tn. She attended Booker T. Washington School in Harrison, Tn., and enjoy singing in the school choir and the church choir, and regularly attended...
Brenda Fay King Battle
Dec 2, 2014
Brenda Fay King Battle, age 58, a native of Athens, passed away Tuesday, December 2, at her home in Newark, NJ. A 1974 graduate of McMinn County High School, Brenda was born May 1, 1956, to the late Warren G. and Dora E. Moore King. She is preceded in death by her two sisters and a brother-in-law Ollie V....
Darwin Lewis Goode
Nov 11, 2014
Darwin Lewis Goode age 75 passed away November 11, 2014 at his residence in Oakland, Calif. He was born in Charleston, Tn., and retired from Kraft Foods industry in California. He is preceded in death by his parents, James Edward Goode and Mary Lou Clemons Goode., sisters Jean E. Goode-Dunn, Mattie S. Goode, Sarah L. White, and Juanita Jenkins,...
Marva Mcclellan
Nov 2, 2014
Marva Renee ‘ Toye’ McClellan age 51 of Cleveland, Tn went home to be with the Lord Saturday November 2, 2014. She attended Inman Street Church of God at an early age, and was a graduate of Cleveland High School class of 1982. Her passions were cooking, keeping children, and she loved to walk, or as she would call...
Tavaris Francis
Oct 15, 2014
Tavaris Le’Voy Francis age 25 of Cleveland, TN. died Wednesday October 15, 2014. He is preceded in death by his grandmother, Willie Antonia Francis, and grandfather William Henry Jones. Survivors include his mother, Euca D. Jones of Cleveland, Tn., father Joseph A Francis of Cleveland, TN. Two brothers, Jamar A. Francis of Cleveland, Tn., and Deandre Francis of Lubbock,...
Martha Ann Parker
Oct 13, 2014
Martha Ann Barrett Parker age 70 went home to be with the Lord, Monday October 13, 2014. She was a giving, loving, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend who loved working in her church and caring for her family. She professed her faith in Christ at the age of 10 and joined Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and remained an...
